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Friday, April 3, 2026
TopicUPSC coaching

Topic: UPSC coaching

General category students protest Physics Wallah coaching scheme. ‘Exclusion is happening’

There are many general category students whose families earn very little but don’t get any institutional support,' said Manoj Singh, an EWS category student preparing for SSC.

UPSC aspirants are replacing coaching institutes with ChatGPT — ‘I save lakhs in fees’

Three UPSC coaching centres have shut down in Delhi. From sourcing material to building complete preparation strategies, aspirants say there is little AI cannot do.

Self-study enough to crack civil services exam, says UPSC chief. ‘I did not take coaching’

UPSC chairperson Ajay Kumar fielded questions from civil services aspirants in a live DD News session. ‘It is like Mumbai’s dabbawalas — every candidate gets their own paper.’

Who is the mysterious UPSC whistleblower? His truth bombs shake up coaching institutes

A 25-year-old UPSC aspirant in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar is exposing the ugly truth of the predatory coaching ecosystem on X. He’s giving students a reality check and making institutes nervous.

Mukherjee Nagar wasn’t just the pin code of UPSC ambition. It was an emotion

Change is sweeping through Mukherjee Nagar as coaching institutes and aspirants begin shift to Noida after safety crackdown, leaving behind bare rooms, quiet streets, a sense of loss.

Fined Rs 3 lakh by CCPA for ‘misleading ads’, Sriram’s IAS says, ‘Have never chased numbers’

Consumer protection watchdog says issued fine after Sriram’s IAS failed to provide sufficient evidence to back claims made by it in advertisements despite repeated requests.

Our take on UPSC aspirants’ death & delay in Tejas jets delivery — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Delhi’s NEET, CA coaching hubs just like UPSC areas—basement library, tiny room, narrow street

Poor infrastructure, inadequate drainage systems, and substandard living conditions aren’t confined to Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar. It's business as usual in Gautam Nagar and Laxmi Nagar.

Coaching centres are a sign of broken-window economics. See how China crushed it all overnight

How broken does our governance have to be, and how incredible our hypocrisy, that we cannot make profits from educating young Indians, but earn thousands of crores by giving them tuitions?

Delhi govt to draft law to regulate coaching centres, stakeholders feel ‘won’t solve broader issue’

Delhi minister Atishi says 5-member committee will oversee drafting of law to regulate coaching centres including infra, fees, teachers’ eligibility and other factors.

On Camera

Pam Bondi’s firing is good news. Now, US Senate must stand up for DOJ

Bondi’s missteps hastened her exit, but her departure offers a reset. The Senate must not rubber-stamp Trump’s pick and should demand an attorney general committed to DOJ independence.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.